Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 461

An invalid arrest entails exclusion of the evidence derived from it, not the events that occurred on the day - 224 - Criminal Procedures and Trials it was carried out. The effect thereof. The judgment may rely on other evidence unrelated to that arrest. - The judgment's not relying on evidence derived from the arrest that was invalid. Its disregarding the plea of invalidity of the arrest. No defect. Its reliance on the statements of the officer who made the invalid arrest after conducting a valid search of his dwelling. Permissible.